My fellow Australians

For many years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have advocated for Constitutional Recognition through a Voice.

Our Government – along with every single State and Territory Government - has committed to it.

Legal experts have endorsed it.

People on all sides of the Parliament have backed it.

Faith groups and sporting codes and local councils and businesses and unions have embraced it.

An army of volunteers from every part of this great nation are throwing all their energy behind it.

ALLISON LANGDON, HOST: Prime Minister, you know what I think has been missing from the Voice debate and that is heart and soul, it's become a political dog fight. How do you get that back?

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: This is about faith, hope, and love. And indeed, it is about bringing Australia together, it is positive and the great thing about today's launch that I found was how positive it was.

ANDY TAYLOR, HOST: Prime Minister, good morning and thanks for your time.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, great to be with you again.

TAYLOR: It is great to have you. You launched in South Australia and you're heading to Tasmania today. As I said two states that are key that surveys are showing look likely to vote No in this referendum. Why do you think Tasmanians aren't sold on the Voice to Parliament?

VIRGINIA TRIOLI, HOST: Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia. Good morning, good to talk to you again.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Virginia, and congratulations on the big announcement that you've made today and I wish you well in your pursuit of a new arts program for the ABC.

SIMONE MCGURK, MEMBER FOR SWAN: Thank you. I'm very happy today, very proud to have the Prime Minister here at South Metropolitan TAFE, the Bentley campus. I'm here with Skills and Training Minister, Brendan O'Connor, and local members, Zaneta Mascarenhas and Hannah Beazley. We've been meeting students involved in the hospitality and cookery courses that have benefited from a huge investment by the Federal Government, which we're very grateful for, for fee-free TAFE. Fee-free and 23 has been a huge success.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Welcome to what is our second Cabinet meeting held in Western Australia during this term. This is fulfilling another commitment that we made during the election campaign. The first Cabinet meeting, we held in Port Hedland. And now, having another one here in Perth. I know that people have been spreading themselves around the state, making sure that they've been engaged. I was at a TAFE earlier today, I was in Karratha yesterday at the Rio Tinto site looking at iron ore exports and the resource sector.

I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging.

I am proud to lead a Government that will give every Australian the opportunity to vote for constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at a referendum later this year.

I’m delighted to be here with all of you this morning, on another beautiful day in WA.

I acknowledge all my colleagues here this morning, particularly my outstanding Western Australian colleagues.

The Albanese and Cook Governments have signed a landmark agreement to power the next stage of Western Australia's growth with affordable and more secure renewable energy.

The Commonwealth-Western Australia Rewiring the Nation deal will bolster WA’s energy security by expanding and modernising electricity grids in Perth, the South West, as well as in the North West Pilbara region.

MICHELLE, HOST: Welcome.

XAV, HOST: Welcome, welcome.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: What a great intro.

XAV: Yeah, I did that this morning at 2am for you.

MICHELLE: A bit of razzle dazzle. He says that all the time.

XAV: Every guest gets that same line, sorry.

PRIME MINISTER: They all get a song, do they?

XAV: Yeah, it's a blend of everything we throw together.

MITSOPOULOS: Well, this morning you've announced $3 billion through loans and equity investments to modernise our electricity grids. What sort of projects will this apply to?